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Send me a Pokémon…

i don’t like it | meh | it’s cool | i like it | awesome! | one of my favorites!!

do it

(Source: pkmn-obsessed)

Watch Dogs looks impeccable - observe how those pop-up traffic barricades are used in the second column’s third GIF O.o

my gurlz

my gurlz

things I learned today (#gaming)

  1. that I can purchase a Hideo Kojima action figure O.o
  2. that GTA V was (obviously) delayed… and that it was (not-so-obviously) delayed into Autumn, meaning no summertime hours to commit to the sizable undertaking
  3. that Killer Is Dead is fast approaching. God, I love XSEED

my top 10 most anticipated games of 2013

  • 10 - Rayman Legends  - Wii U (February 26)
  • 9 - Injustice: Gods Among Us - PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 (April)
  • 8 - Watch Dogs - PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 (TBA)
  • 7 - three different Metal Gear Solid titles - PlayStation 3 (Feb. 26th, TBA, TBA)
  • 6 - The Last Of Us - PlayStation 3 (May 7th)
  • 5 - South Park: the Stick of Truth - PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 (March 5)
  • 4 - Grand Theft Auto V - PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 (Spring)
  • 3 - Pikmin 3 - Wii U (Spring)
  • 2 - Pokémon X & Y versions - Nintendo 3DS (October)
  • 1 - BioShock Infinite - PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 (March 26th)

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for a person as fond of unrestricted levity as I am

I sure am fond of creating massive arguments about video games on the internet

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fuck you, Jim Sterling

I secretly love you, Jim Sterling

Truly, little makes me happier than to be a Pokémon gamer…

It’s such a wonderful community to be a part of, countless folks worldwide who’ve (largely - however, not encompassingly) grown up alongside the video games and their various franchise spin-offs (the trading card game, the television anime & its subsequent films, “manga” comic books, etc.) that - regardless of language barriers - can come together to bond over an ever-growing list of Japanese capsule goblins.

Likewise, the series - although a moneymaking giant today - nearly never made it to GameBoy screens due to funding cuts during the first paired titles’ development (creator Satoshi Tajiri made the admirable choice to forgo collecting a salary so as to fund the rest of his team; a true labor of love). Nowadays, the series is wildly across both Eastern and Western society and is becoming something that young parents can share with their children. The franchise recently celebrated its 15th anniversary; I’ve been a fan since autumn ‘99 when my mother purchased a GameBoy color, Pokémon Yellow version, and some Pokémon TCG booster packs for a then-upcoming vacation to Disney World (that was easily the best year of my childhood).

It’s always refreshing to socialize with other fans of the series and it’s fun to reminisce with those who view it nostalgically - having reached such ubiquity during its heyday, I know very few people my own age without some sort of affinity for it and indeed is it rare to meet someone from my generation who can claim to dislike or to have disliked the series - you couldn’t even say that about Harry Potter…

Remember when the call to capture all 151 original Pocket Monsters was such an imposing task? They’re at 649 now, I’ve caught ‘em all (‘cept for the promotional creature, Meloetta, who has yet to debut in the USA) and I truly couldn’t be happier than to be a Pokémon gamer. 

encountering some errors getting my new Wii U online…

however, my Wii U ID is forthcoming and the “contact me” section of my blog will be amended!

Keep your eyes out n’ tell me what yours are?

The second big selling point for the Pokémon series in general is that Pokémon (the actual Pocket Monsters themselves) are awesome. I say that as a fully grown married man with two jobs and a relatively normal social life. I know that a lot of people in their twenties and younger associate Pokémon with “kids’ stuff,” and that’s understandable. The less-than-sophisticated accompanying Pokémon cartoon show and movies do a lot to further that notion. As a 34-year-old, I’m sort of oblivious to all that. Pokémon first came out when I was 18. I knew that kids liked it, but by then, I was too distanced from the world of children to fully associate Pokémon with being a kid. Instead, Pokémon was just Nintendo’s new turn-based RPG to me. It allowed for player-vs.-player combat, and player-with-player trading, which I thought was awesome. More importantly, it took place in a world that was one part EarthBound and one part Dragonball, but with characters that were one part Totoro and one part Godzilla, with a liberal dose of total insanity cast over it all. To this day, I’m still convinced that Squirtle is one of the most ingenious character designs ever. A turtle that squirts water with a squirrel tail, named Squirtle? Fucking amazing.

Destructiod review of Pokémon Black & White, 2010

WIRES FROM THE GAMEBOX episode 3 "What, Nintendo!?" by Brandt Ranj →
Well, there goes that theory… 

Well, there goes that theory… 

I finish the prologue to Lollipop Chainsaw only to find that Coro Coro scans (B2&W2) have finally leaked

what a happy morning to be a gamer (/ lover of colorful things)

  1. Lollipop Chainsaw is freakin’ awesome
  3. I would love to own a copy of one of the PokéPreview Coro Coro magazines to call my own - they are so different than American gaming magazines, really piques my fancy.

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